Sunday, 30 April 2017

You thought I’d forgotten you, didn’t you?

Soooo…. You may have noticed I’ve been very quiet over the last six
weeks.

You may have thought to yourself this is because all is going well in the
Out Of Favour Shop. That perhaps TBE (aka The Boss Erratic) has suddenly
morphed into a supportive, attentive, reasonable and entirely sane boss.

That the Out Of Favour shop is being run efficiently and effectively.

That every customer who now enters the hallowed ground of the Out Of
Favour shop is pleasant, normal, refreshingly free from tedium and not at all
away with the fairies.

Well, to that I would say: snap out of it at once! You’ve clearly had too
much chocolate over Easter and it’s affecting your sense of reason. Of course
the Out Of Favour shop is still a head-slappingly bewildering hellhole. Of course
TBE is still has mad and snappy as a box of monkeys. Where do you think we are,
Hobbiton? Hogwarts? Get a grip!

The boring truth is, life-stuff happens sometimes and it has taken me away
from my computer for a while, but I’m back now, so let the bile recommence.

About the shop

Acerbic? Me? Well, maybe. Let me explain: My boss (aka The Boss Erratic) owns two shops: the Out of Favour Shop and the New Favourite Shop (yes, OK, these are my names for them). Naturally, I work in the Out of Favour shop….
Many of my customers are regulars, and come for a gossip, a moan or free therapy as often as they come to buy.
My job is partly marvellous (low stress, a largely absent boss, friendly shoppers), and partly Twilight Zone (strange customers, inexplicable decision making by The Boss Erratic and just random, nonsensical weirdness). These posts are my musings and observations. Enjoy.
Note: Names have been changed to protect the innocent (and me).